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diff --git a/pyspike/distances.py b/pyspike/distances.py
index b0af24c..ae564d2 100644
--- a/pyspike/distances.py
+++ b/pyspike/distances.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def spike_profile(spikes1, spikes2):
:param spikes1: ordered array of spike times with auxiliary spikes.
:param spikes2: ordered array of spike times with auxiliary spikes.
- :returns: The spike-distance profile :math:`S_{spike}(t).
+ :returns: The spike-distance profile :math:`S_{spike}(t)`.
:rtype: :class:`pyspike.function.PieceWiseLinFunc`
"""
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Falling back to slow python backend.")
def spike_distance(spikes1, spikes2):
""" Computes the spike-distance S of the given spike trains. The
spike-distance is the integral over the isi distance profile S_spike(t):
- S = \int_^T S_spike(t) dt.
+ :math:`S = \int_^T S_spike(t) dt`.
:param spikes1: ordered array of spike times with auxiliary spikes.
:param spikes2: ordered array of spike times with auxiliary spikes.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def _generic_profile_multi(spike_trains, pair_distance_func, indices=None):
Computes the multi-variate distance for a set of spike-trains using the
pair_dist_func to compute pair-wise distances. That is it computes the
average distance of all pairs of spike-trains:
- S(t) = 2/((N(N-1)) sum_{<i,j>} S_{i,j},
+ :math:`S(t) = 2/((N(N-1)) sum_{<i,j>} S_{i,j}`,
where the sum goes over all pairs <i,j>.
Args:
- spike_trains: list of spike trains
@@ -254,14 +254,16 @@ def isi_distance_multi(spike_trains, indices=None):
def spike_profile_multi(spike_trains, indices=None):
""" Computes the multi-variate spike distance profile for a set of spike
trains. That is the average spike-distance of all pairs of spike-trains:
- S_spike(t) = 2/((N(N-1)) sum_{<i,j>} S_{spike}^{i, j},
+ :math:`S_spike(t) = 2/((N(N-1)) sum_{<i,j>} S_{spike}^{i, j}`,
where the sum goes over all pairs <i,j>
+
:param spike_trains: list of spike trains
:param indices: list of indices defining which spike trains to use,
if None all given spike trains are used (default=None)
:type indices: list or None
:returns: The averaged spike profile :math:`<S_{spike}>(t)`
:rtype: :class:`pyspike.function.PieceWiseLinFunc`
+
"""
return _generic_profile_multi(spike_trains, spike_profile, indices)